As it is known, Yamaha is one of the MotoGP manufacturers that has more concessions for the 2024 season, along with Honda. This grants access to various benefits in bike development, from the possibility of testing more to greater permission for different specifications.
Álex Rins, one of the riders for the Yamaha team, was asked about the biggest advantage of these concessions. The Spaniard explained that they are beneficial on several levels:
– I think it’s a mix between test more and improve and develop the bike. For sure during the season we have planned some tests and this is important. But we need to think also on the time to produce the new items and we need to see the calendar because as you know we have many, many races, many days out of home. And also sometimes the best recovery for the body is to have like free days. Then after the test we request some things, maybe we have new things to try in the next test. This allows to try things that on a GP weekend we cannot test. Like for example different aerodynamics, chassis pieces…